May 25, 2026 Cyrus Pringle, Anders Dahl, Theodore Roethke, How Not to Kill a Peony by Stephanie J Weber, and Beth Chatto

The Daily Gardener · May 25, 2026 · 19m

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Today's Show Notes

The garden writer Jamaica Kincaid once said,

"I always take this personally —

I think a frost is something someone is doing to me.

Only me."

If your spring is still cold and slow in coming, you might know what she means.

Even now.

Far into May.

Some of us watch the sky with suspicion.

The soil has warmed.

Mostly.

The light is long.

Mostly.

But there's still that moment in the morning.

When you step…